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dawdling

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of dawdling

moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed

the dawdling pace of the movie was really making us restless

Synonyms of dawdling

crawling, creeping, dallying, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, languid, leisurely, poking, poky (or pokey), slow, sluggish, snail-paced, snaillike, tardy, unhurried

Words Related to dawdling

deliberate, measured

inactive, inert, lethargic, loafing, lounging

lingering, loitering, tarrying

ambling, heavy-footed, inching, plodding, shuffling, slow-footed

decelerating, slowing

filibustering, procrastinating, stalling

Near Antonyms of dawdling

expeditious, prompt, ready

accelerated, hastened, quickened

hurried, rushed

Antonyms of dawdling

barreling, bolting, breakneck, breathless, brisk, careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurrying, lightning, meteoric, quick, racing, rapid, rocketing, running, rushing, scooting, scudding, scurrying, snappy, speeding, speedy, swift, warp-speed, whirling, whirlwind, whisking, zipping

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